According to a 2014 survey by bSwift, larger incentive dollars drive greater employee participation (Figure 5). Only 6% of employers using incentives of $50 or less have participation rates greater than 50%. Incentive amounts greater than $500 are typically necessary to drive high participation rates. However, a distribution of engagement results still exists within each incentive tier, so incentive design and communication do significantly impact results. For example, 17% of employers offering incentives larger than $1,000 still have participation rates of less than 50%, so HR leaders cannot rely on incentives alone to deliver the engagement rates they seek.